Lucy Kirkwood's Beauty and the Beast is a theatrical reinterpretation of the classic fairy tale, co-devised with Katie Mitchell, that uses a vaudeville-style musical hall to tell the story through a pair of mischievous fairies, the Man in Pink and Cecile, and features a variety of fantastical devices like a "Thoughtsnatcher machine" and an orchestra of insects. The play retains the core elements of the original story but frames it within a fantastical performance, questioning the tale's traditional morality and focusing on themes of perception, love, and the nature of storytelling itself.